Well, I always say - have a long talk with the parents. What has his schedule been up to starting daycare? What time do they put him to bed at night?

I tell my daycare parents that it is imperative for all children to nap or rest quietly for 1 1/2-2 hours daily because I work pretty much from the time I get up until I go to bed on cleaning my house and prepping for the next day and my day is NOT done when the children leave. So I ask them to respect that I need them to work with me on the naptime break so that I can rest and have quiet for a bit in the middle of my busy days. I'm very honest with my clients because they have no idea how difficult it is to care for 5 children, when they all only have 1 child at home. I always have the parents shifting their child to our nap schedule at least for a month before starting daycare.

If you can't work out a solution with the parents, then you know what you have to do. Maybe they can find a daycare where naptimes are not important because they have older children who don't nap. Don't feel guilty. You have to do what is best for you.